Improved cockeye



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN BOEHMER, JR.,

0F MADISON, WISCONSIN.

'IMPRovED oocKEYE.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 59,347, dated November 6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it 'known that I, CHRISTIAN BOEHMER, Jr., of Madison, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Cockeye; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

rlhe nature ot' my invention consists in providing a cockeye for the trace or tug of a harness, so that when one is worn out it can be replaced at once Without the aid of a harnessmaker.

It often occurs that while the teamster is on the road, away from any mechanics, with a heavy load, the cockeyes give way, which causes great trouble, expense, and delay to get the cockeye replaced. By my invention all this may be avoided, as the teamst-er can conveniently carry several of them in his pocket or wagon, so that if one gives way he can in a moments time replace it.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l is a plan view` ot' my improved cockeye attached to the trace or tug of a harness. Fig. 2 is a side sectional view ofthe same from the line y. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cockeye.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each ot' the figures.

A may represent a socket, made of any snitable met-al. in which is secured the trace or tug C by means of rivets or bolts passing through straps B B, which `extend a proper distance upon the' trace. Near the end of the socket A is a transverse slot. (Shown in dotted lines atD.) At thecenter of the said slotD connects another longitudinal slot. (Also shown in dotted lines at E.) These said slots D and E are for the purpose of admitting the'cockeye F into the socket A.

F is the cockeye, made of any suitable metal, with a cross-bar or T at the lower or rear end, as shown in Fig. 3. G is a pivoted cap, pivoted at a, for the purpose of covering and protectin g the slot D from filling with dirt and to prevent the cockeye from falling out ot' the socket.

When it is desired to introduce a Vcockeye into the socket the cap Gis slightly raised to disengage a small lug from the socket that holds the cap in its place. When the lug is thus released the cap may be moved around upon the pivot a from over the slot D, when the T or cross-bar of the cockeye may be introduced into the socket, the end of the said cross-bar passing a short distance out of the aperture t', so as to admit the opposite end ot' the cross-bar of the cockeye through the slot D into the socket A, when it is moved hack, and the end projecting through the aperture brought within the socket, where it has a bearing. After the cockeye has been introduced into the socket it is then turned down in the slot E, which brings the cockeye in line with the trace, when the cap is bron ght around over the slot D, which incloses the socket.

The advantages of my invention areobvious, from the fact of'its simplicity, cheapness of construction, its convenience, and durability.

The socket also serves the purpose ot' protecting the end of the traces, which are always so much exposed to wear when cockeyes are stitched into the trace.

By my invention the end ofthe trace is protected by the socket coming over the outside and secured to the trace by bolts or rivets passing through the socket and trace, which holds them firmly together.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentr 1. The socket A, in combination with the trace C, for the purposes and substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The cockeye provided with a cross-bar, as shown and described, in combination with the socket A, substantially as and tor the purposes set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 14th day of August, 1866.

CHRISTIAN BOEHMER, JR.

Witnesses:

F. A. PFAFF, S. G. BENEDICT, S. S. JACKSON. 

